(b Genoa, 1639; d Rome, shortly after 26 March 1709). Italian painter. He was a celebrated artist of the Roman High Baroque, whose illusionist ceiling fresco, the Triumph of the Name of Jesus (1678–9; Rome, Il Gesù) is one of the most radiant and joyous visions of a triumphant Catholicism. His work, which included frescoes, altarpieces, mythological scenes and portraits, is distinguished by the warm, glowing colour that reveals his Genoese origins.

• Gaulli, Giovanni Battista
  • Rome, §VI: Accademia di S Luca
  • collaboration
    • Carlone (i): (3) Giovanni Andrea Carlone
    • Troppa, Gerolamo
  • frames
    • Frame, §II, 5: Italian Baroque
  • mosaics
    • Rome, §V, 14(ii)(b): St Peter’s: Decoration
    • Trevisani, Francesco, §3: Late works, 1720–46
  • paintings
    • frescoes
      • Illusionism, §2(i)(b): Large-scale projects, c 1600–c 1700
      • Italy, §III, 5(ii)(b): High Baroque painting, c 1620–c 1650: Rome
      • Jesuit Order, §3(i): Patronage: Architecture
      • Raggi, Antonio
      • Rome, §V, 16: Il Gesù
      • Stucco and plasterwork, §III, 10(i)(a): Western world, 1400–1850: Italy
      • Vecchi, Giovanni de’
    • oil sketches
      • Oil sketch
    • portraits
      • Rospigliosi: (1) Giulio Rospigliosi
  • patrons and collectors
    • Altieri
    • Chigi: (2) Mario Chigi
    • Chigi: (4) Flavio Chigi
    • Fesch, Joseph
    • Jesuit Order, §2: Iconography
    • Pascoli, Lione
  • pupils
    • Altomonte: (1) Martino Altomonte
    • Bianchi, Pietro (i)
    • Mazzanti, Ludovico
    • Odazzi, Giovanni
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Spierre, François